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From the Files: As told by Warren "Steady B" McGlone
November, 1985…..Overbrook High School. I’m sittin’ in class, don’t even remember what class, fuckin’ around as usual. Niggaz beatin’ on the desk, rappin. RunDMC, Whodini, Fatboys, and LL Cool J is runnin shit. I start talking about LL’s new song, “I can’t live without my Radio”, wit this nigga Jimmy….Jimmy the Jaun was his rap name. He said “He should make an answer song to it”. Nobody paid him no mind cause LL was the shit. Plus it was report card day and I was thinkin’ about my mom snappin out on me. I know my shit was fucked up.
I wanna be the flyest nigga they ever seen
The richest nigga on the scene
If tomorrow comes
Keep dreamin’ nigga
I need that benz
And a thousand friends
Telling me, you the shit nigga
If tomorrow comes
Keep dreamin’ nigga
For some the dream will never come
Cause real life aint fun
Streetz is watchin
If tomorrow comes
In between thoughts of Fila, Calvin Klein jeans and my mom putting her foot up my ass, for all those E’s on my report card, the idea of makin’ an answer record to LL continued to peak my interest. Needless to say, that night when my mom came home from work and saw my report card, she flipped. Yellin’ and screamin’, talking ‘bout “I’m not going to able to get a good job without an education”, the usual shit parents preach,..when she hauled off and slapped the SHIT outta me. I didn’t even blink! The look of surprise on her face almost made me laugh. And it was at that moment, I think she realized I was becoming a man, and she never touched me again…….
I used to baby sit for my aunt Candy sometimes, my pops sister, and she was married to L.G. (Lawrence Goodman), L.G. and his brother Shaheed (Dana Goodman) owned Popular Artist records, better known as Pop Art. Pop Art Records was started a year earlier in 1984 and quickly became a Philly staple because of the success of Roxanne Shante. “Roxanne’s Revenge” put the company on the Hip Hop map, and it was even more impressive because this was a Philly company who signed a New York artist. So, I told my uncle L.G. about this idea, to answer LL Cool J with “Take Your Radio”. He freaked out! He loved the idea! He asked me who’s idea it was, and I told ‘em it was Jimmy’s ( Jimmy the Jaun ) idea. My uncle wanted this song recorded so bad he told me to take him to Jimmy the Jaun’s house. We went to Jimmy’s house about three times, he was never home. I wonder if he ever knew about the opportunity that was literally knockin’ at his front door.
My uncle asked me to do the record, NO….now, lookin’ back, he told me to DO the record. He knew I rhymed but I don’t think he ever heard me. That’s how bad he wanted this record. I knew my chances of recording this song was none, never mind slim, because of my report card. So, when my uncle and I approached my mom with the idea, of course she said “hell no”. I don’t think I can describe the feelin’ that went through me when I heard her rejection. My dream is in the palm of my hand, quickly slippin through my fingers. All because I wanted to do stupid shit in school! But my moms boyfriend, Steve, who stayed wit us, saw the dis-appointment in my face. I think he could relate to me on a different level than my mom because he was only around nine years older than me. I was 15 and he was 24. So, needless to say he had my back. He and my mom went upstairs, and when they came back down, the decision was reversed. I could go to New York and record what would become a landmark record in the history of Philly Hip Hop.
“Take Your Radio”
For those of you who don't know, Steady 'B' has been serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution since 1996. He is one of the Pioneers of the Philadelphia rap scene, which played a major role in where Hip Hop and Rap are today.
This page is administered by Steady's brother BM McGlone, and was conceived by Ghost Dog! Much Respect to him.....
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